While Bellator did not immediately respond to a request for
comment, the organization is no stranger to the concept of a
cross-promotional challenge. Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney challenged
Strikeforce to a champion-versus-champion meeting between Alvarez
and then-Strikeforce king Gilbert
Melendez -- a meeting that never materialized.

Neither Bellator nor WSOF has held a pay-per-view show yet, with
the former currently broadcasting on Spike TV and the latter airing
on NBC Sports Network. Bellator was expected to make its
pay-per-view debut this past November, but the event was changed to
a cable broadcast after headliner Tito Ortiz was
forced to withdraw from the main event with a neck injury.